WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,-1941
Gagers To
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With DICK PETERS
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Tonight, is bank night- for
Penn State sports fanatics, also
bingo, bucko, wahoo, and what
have-you night . . . All wrapped
up, the tripleheader this evening
looks like just the bill to start
off a new semester . . . Here’s
hoping when it is unwrapped,
it’ll look as glittering for the
Lion team? participating.
. Danny DeMarino, well-regard
■ ed as the “Demon Devil Doctor,”
. (the name is copyright with this
column and is derived from
Danny’s associations ynth the
State Jayvee football team -this
fall) will make his debut as a
boxing mentor tonight, when he
sends his freshmen glovers out
to peel a few Syracuse Tanger
ines (also copyright, , meaning
Syracuse Little Oranges, or
freshmen, to you) . . . Three
frosh footballers will be in plug
ging for the Lion cub mitters,
Ranieri and Halpin at
the upper three .weight posts . . .
Two Nittany freshmen are the
sons of former pro ring greats,
Pat Conlon, and Bill Sphabecker,
whose dad was better known as
Joe Shannon.
In the center ring of tonight’s
three ring circus will be the var
sity Lion-Orange leather-sling
ing battle . . . You can bet your
last semester’s grade sheet that
it’s going to be a give-until-you
can’t-give-anymore. take-until
you-can’t-take-anymore affair
. . . Syracuse-Penn State have
about as much love for each oth
er in the ring as Superman and
Hitler ... . Familiar Orange
;names are returning with the
Hillmen tonight . . . Names with
people and fists attached which
may bode mayhem for Lion box
.ing hopes . : . There’s Healy at
165, who doesn’t care much for
Nittany lads'because one of them
a Mr. Jim Lewis took - his title
away last spring . . .Also there’s
Woyciesjes; enough said . . . And
Mirabito, whose name still
makes Penn State footballers
shiver ... If you remember, he’s
the lad who wore a lot of val
leys in State’s' Seven Mountains
last fall at Archbold Stadium
—Add a certain Mr. Schoff,
who owns the 145 pound Eastern
title, and you have an interest
ing evening ahead for the local
laddies.
Even after sixteen boxing
bouts have been run off tonight,
you’re not through yet, ’cause
the last act will be pretty thrill
ing too, we believe . . . West Vir
ginia’s Mountaineers are coming
and with a vengeance . . . Also
their record isn’t bad at ail . ...
Any team which can average 50
points-plus -a game over ten
. games, .can’t be considered a
breather, but we like the Lions
to make it nine wins tonight at
the expense of the Morgantown
cagers.
Frosh Quintet To Meet
Buclciiell In First Regular
Season Gome Tonight
In their first regular' season
game Coach Nick Thiel’s basket
ball yearlings, will, journey to
Lewisburg tonight where they
meet , the Bucknell frosh.
The Nittany Cubs although
able'to win two of .the three
pre-season games, have been a
little weak since their return
frohi vacation, according to
Coach Thiel. The Bucknell squad
holds third place in the Eastern
Mountain League, and should be
tough opposition, Thiel said.
The probable lineup for State
will include Larry. Gent and
l Whitey .Van Neida at the for
" ward positions, with Dave Hom-
center,' and George Pit
l enger "land • Sid 1 Cohen .at the
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Battle Tough West Virginia Foe Tonight
Visitors Average
50 Points A Game
THE LINEUPS
Bos. —State
F—Barr
F—Gross
G—Grimes
G—Ramin
In the windup- of the first
sports tripleheader of the yea'r in
Rec Hall at 8 tonight, a band
of Nittany cagers will take the
floor against an. old opponent.
West Virginia, in” what promises
to be anything but a pushover
for either team.
The Mountaineers have a- rec
ord of six wins and four losses.
That’s not too impressive but
their 50 points per game average
is. The- leading scorer of the
team is Jim Ruch who has
amassed 122 points to date.
However, one point in State’s
favor will be. that the Lions, un
der John Lawther, have never
lost to the West Virginians. It
will be the 20th meeting between
the two teams.- State has won 13
and the Mountaineers six.
The visitors will be led by
Ruch and Rudy Baric, the team’s
greatest all-around performer,
who. has tallied 107 points in the
first 10 contests. Ruch is a for
ward and Baric a guard,
At the other forward position
will be Roger Hicks, a set shot
artist, and at the other guard
Captain Sam Mandich, the only
senior in the starting lineup.
Scotty Hamilton, five feet, 10
inches, will play center during
No Loser Here
Barney Ewcl
When all the returns were in
from the Seton Hall races Mon
day night, Penn State’s ace
sprinter, Barney Ewell,, had won
not lost. He even took the tro
phy for the sprint series. Ewell
started ou.t poorly by failing to
place in the 50-yard dash but
went on to win the 60-yard dash
in 6.5 seconds and tie the Ar
mory record with a 7.2 second'
victory in the 70-yard dash. In
the 70 he stopped such aces as
Wolcott, Peacock, Carter, Stick
el, Fangboner, Dooler, and
Weast. Ewell’s failure in the 50
was due to a spill at the start.
The races were run on a flat
board track with spike shoes not
allowed. '
Collegian’s report, yesterday
indicating Ewell had failed to
place came from the sports de
partment of one of New York
City’s largest newspapers. Col
legian made the mistake of pre r
suming the metropolitan report
iers would do hs, good a job as it
W. Virginia
Ruch
Hicks
Hamilton
Mandich
Baric
The fate of the Lion’s cage game against West Virginia tonight
may depend more than a little on these two sharpshooters. At the
left is Scotty Moffatt, who will have a chance to come out of a bad
slump. At the right is Herk Baltimore, flashy sophomore center.
the game though Baric will do
the jumping, then drop back to
his guard post. '
For State, Coach Lawther will
use the same team that started
at Pitt and that started the Syr
acuse game at Rec Hall. This
will have Captain Johnny Barr
and Elmer Gross on the front
line, Herky Baltimore at center
J - r e J
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
A Lot Depends On These Two
The Sentimental
Gentleman
Senior Ball
Tommy Dorsey,
His Band,
Frank Sinitra,
and
The Pied Pipers
The Biggest Dance
Of The Year
February 28, 1941
Rec Hail
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and Dick Grimes and Bob Ramin
at the guards.
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Varsity Tankmen Battle
Temple Owls Saturday
In Glennland Pool Meet
Boasting an undefeated season
Penn State’s varsity mermen take
to Glennland Pool Saturday to
face a strong Owl squad.
In last year’s tilt the Lions
came out on the short end of a
41-34 score but with this year’s
better balanced team the Nittany
men are conceded a little better
than even chance of overcoming
the Temple swimmers.
Thus far this season Bob Gal
braith, has not had to display the
full power of his tankmen but
in Saturday’s meet it is ,more
than likely -that Elmer Webb,
who has not participated in a
meet yet, will be called upon tc
chalk up some points for the
Lions.
Outstanding for the Owls are
Johnny Calhoun, John Koenig,
and Hal Kremer. Calhoun is not
ed especially for his prowess in
the sprints and is Koenig’s num
ber one man in the backstroke.
Whizzer White, onetime All-
American halfback at Colorado
University and later a Rhode;
scholar, stood second in his Yale
law school class.
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